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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
Copyright &copy; 1997 The Open Group

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<h4><a name = "tag_000_001_521">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
closedir - close a directory stream
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_001_522">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
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#include &lt;<a href="systypes.h.html">sys/types.h</a>&gt;
#include &lt;<a href="dirent.h.html">dirent.h</a>&gt;

int closedir(DIR *<i>dirp</i>);
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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_001_523">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>closedir()</i>
function closes the
directory stream referred to by the argument
<i>dirp.</i>
Upon return, the value of
<i>dirp</i>
may no longer point to an accessible object of the type
<b>DIR</b>.
If a file descriptor is used to implement type
<b>DIR</b>,
that file descriptor will be closed.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_001_524">&nbsp;</a>RETURN VALUE</h4><blockquote>
Upon successful completion,
<i>closedir()</i>
returns 0.  Otherwise, -1 is returned and
<i>errno</i>
is set to indicate the error.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_001_525">&nbsp;</a>ERRORS</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>closedir()</i>
function may fail if:
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<dt>[EBADF]<dd>
The
<i>dirp</i>
argument does not refer to an open directory stream.

<dt>[EINTR]<dd>
The
<i>closedir()</i>
function was interrupted by a signal.

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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_001_526">&nbsp;</a>EXAMPLES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_001_527">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_001_528">&nbsp;</a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_001_529">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
<i><a href="opendir.html">opendir()</a></i>,
<i><a href="dirent.h.html">&lt;dirent.h&gt;</a></i>,
<i><a href="systypes.h.html">&lt;sys/types.h&gt;</a></i>.
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